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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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